Jeff Merkley, the Senate’s highest-ranking Democrat on chemical safety, said he wants to “work honestly” across the aisle.

WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re divided along party lines on policy. They’re divided on the government shutdown. And now federal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald ...

Air traffic controllers and military service members are among those who are working without pay during the shutdown.

Trump’s presidency may have amplified executive power, but unless lawmakers roll back those powers—and the bloated government ...

The mercurial president said he’d received ‘four or five calls’ with some ‘very successful people’ who persuaded him to give ...

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

Senate Democrats have repeatedly voted down a Republican-backed bill to reopen the government during the shutdown, insisting ...

Strongly worded letters are not going to work. To defeat Trump’s autocratic efforts, we need to employ novel and creative ...

The government shutdown stretched into its 23rd day Thursday, becoming the second-longest in U.S. history, after Senate ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours. Merkley began speaking on the Senate floor a ...

The federal government shutdown has entered its 23rd day. As a result, 60,000 aviation safety workers won’t receive a full ...